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Drill bit/tap size for 3/8" bspt boost gauge tapping
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06-04-2015, 01:16 PM
(06-04-2015, 12:45 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Google suggests somewhere around the 15mm mark?!?!?!?
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=...drill+size


Personally I'd buy an M8 or M10 bleed nipple and drill for a standard metric thread (M8 can be done with a 6.5mm bit that most people have)
I saw that as well and I really didn't think it was right, hence asking on here
I think I'll change my approach to this
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RE: Drill bit/tap size for 3/8" bspt boost gauge tapping - by Paul_13 - 06-04-2015, 01:16 PM

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